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r <br /> 3 <br /> An Orange County airport would have several types of based aircraft: <br /> AHEC planes <br /> rental and training single engine <br /> other single engine (SE) <br /> private light twin engine (PLT) <br /> company light twin engine (CLT) <br /> company turbine engine (CT) <br /> To be conservative we assume that the number of AHEC and rental or <br /> training planes currently at Horace Wiliam will increase only <br /> slightly, even though operating from a more suitable airport. <br /> 1990 1995 2000 2005 <br /> Projected based aircraft 84 105 129 165 <br /> less projected AHEC -5 <br /> -6 -6 <br /> less projected rental -6 <br /> and training -10 -12 -13 -13 <br /> Projected private and <br /> company aircraft 69 87 112 146 <br /> Knowledge of actual numbers and percents of general aviation based <br /> piston and turbine aircraft currently (1987) at other North Carolina <br /> airports is necessary at this point. These data have been supplied <br /> by the NC DOT Division of Aviation. <br /> SE PLT CLT CT TOTAL <br /> # % # % # t # % # % <br /> Monroe 54 72 2 3 14 19 5 6 75 100 <br /> Gastonia 46 84 1 2 7 12 1 2 55 100 <br /> Burlington 59 77 3 4 13 17 2 2 77 100 <br /> Smithfield 58 91 4 6 2 3 64 100 <br /> RDU 135 67 9 5 37 19 17 9 198 100 <br /> Greensboro 88 55 10 6 41 26 20 13 159 100 <br /> Charlotte 83 58 9 6 37 26 15 10 144 100 <br /> (Note that Charlotte has substantially fewer general aviation <br /> craft than RDU. It is �.ation air- <br /> commercial operations shasob"chased"t more rl of t the smaller taircraft hub <br /> to <br /> other airports. ) <br /> Orange County <br /> percent assumption, <br /> based on judgment 75 6 16 3 <br /> inspection of 100 <br /> above data <br /> - <br />